The year was 1994. Music was as popular as it’s ever been, with rock bands like Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins, popstars such as Ace of Base and Mariah Carey, and even soul artists like Boyz II Men and Janet … Read the rest
Recording allows us to store and replay something. It is the first time-shifting. It’s been around for ~ 200 years but it wasn’t until the last 100 that they really started making tangible progress for commercial applications.
Images were first. … Read the rest
Quality of sound is not a joke. It leads to quality of life and quality of mental state.… Read the rest
Good article by Bob O’Donnell posted at Engadget. Engadget is usually anti-audio quality, pushing the standard line of lossy is fine, smartphones are fine, buy new headphones and shut up. But Bob pushes through with a nice summary of … Read the rest
…is now a channel on Disqus! If that’s one of your hangouts online have at it.
More vinyl albums were sold last year than any year since 1991. This is because of quality not irony.
The mainstream music world has moved to streaming, locking in low-quality expectations. Streamers don’t even talk about sound quality anymore because … Read the rest
Finally! The recording and music industry is discussing standards and practices for proper high-resolution audio, which will hopefully lay the groundwork for mass acceptance by consumers.
This is 20 years past due. Better late than never.
The various entities are … Read the rest
I’ve really been exploring my music collection lately* and along with the playback quality of the PonoPlayer, I’ve learned some things about the hated concept of “loudness wars”:
Rip your CD’s again. Do it right this time.
Most of us went through ripping phases where we created gigs of MP3 files and either traded back in our CD’s or hid them in the basement. We’ve been walking around … Read the rest
Well this is getting interesting. British company Meridian has come up with something that goes beyond just a format or delivery mechanism, and also involves lossy compression, yet it still looks like a potential future audio technology we need to … Read the rest
… or I was losing my hearing.
Words of wisdom from the people that know music (the people that make music):
… Read the restGreat write up on a classic opera recording finally being released properly in HD/Hi-Res audio:
Rediscovering Maria Callas in High-Resolution Audio
Internet experts continue to argue and debate about hi-res, but music lovers that consider themselves real listeners (not just … Read the rest
OK I’m doing some serious internet-style scientific research (aka asking friends) on the future of buying music, discussed in this post. Here’s a few ideas so far on the future of music product packaging:
Idea 1- The “All of … Read the rest
The year was 1948. The funk was about to go mobile.
Colombia debuted the 33 1/3 RPM long playing vinyl disc.
Some serious fiddle by this guy playing this. The breakdown run at 0:34 is amazing.
The audio linked … Read the rest
I’ve been thinking about music distribution and consumption alot lately. Being a lifelong music consumer and a music producer for the last 10 years (and then spending some time in FM radio before that), I’ve been in various roles in … Read the rest